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suzanne's going to stay with us and just to let our viewers know, paula broadwell has been a regular guest on this program. we reached out to her as well today. fred kaplin joins me from slate.com, author and fran townsend, a contributor for us. fred, let me start with you. you were the first to write about this specific, the affair today and to mention paulabroad well. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you that i have this from multiple, highly reliable sources. you know, she wrote this book about him, which was more of a valentine to him. people, it had been rumored that something was going on between the two of them for some time. i never believed it. people who knew him better than i did never believed it. i've always viewed him as a very straight arrow. >> i had the same impression. a man who walked the walk and talked the talk. and fran, you also know him very well. is this, this specific affair, this really the reason that he is resigning? >> yeah, i've heard nothing to suggest there's any other reason. i think it is in fact related to the allegations of the extramarit
suzanne's going to stay with us and just to let our viewers know, paula broadwell has been a regular guest on this program. we reached out to her as well today. fred kaplin joins me from slate.com, author and fran townsend, a contributor for us. fred, let me start with you. you were the first to write about this specific, the affair today and to mention paulabroad well. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you that i have this from multiple, highly reliable sources. you know, she...
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we have, of course, reached out to paula broadwell. we have not heard back from her. she wrote a biography called "all in." some people describe it as glowing. it's certainly coming under a lot of scrutiny right now. just to give you a lick tick tock of how this unfolded. the white house learned about this on wednesday. general petraeus requested to meet with president obama on thursday. he explained the situation to the president, offered the resignation and president obama said give me 24 hours to think about it and then on friday president obama accepted the resignation. president obama releasing a statement essentially praising the work that david petraeus has done and also saying that the administration's thoughts and prayers are with the petraeus family. david petraeus wrote this note to his colleagues at the cia. i just want to read it to you. after being married for 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and a leader of an organization such as ours. this sun folding and
we have, of course, reached out to paula broadwell. we have not heard back from her. she wrote a biography called "all in." some people describe it as glowing. it's certainly coming under a lot of scrutiny right now. just to give you a lick tick tock of how this unfolded. the white house learned about this on wednesday. general petraeus requested to meet with president obama on thursday. he explained the situation to the president, offered the resignation and president obama said give...
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a story in "the washington post" that paula broadwell just from the get-go, enters the masters program -- enters the ph.d. program, leaves with a masters. questions about resume enhan enhanceme enhancement, her academic work not being up to par. >> it's a terrific story by my colleagues. read it on washingtonpost.com they would want me to say. it raises questions about her determination and and her ability to really work the system. >> ruth and thanks to kelly o'donnell who will be on the hill tracking everything that happens up there. and the other big story that kelly is following that we're all following is the fiscal cliff. the talks. joining me now to discuss the congressional leaders meeting is chris van hollen, ranking democratic, ranking members of the house budget committee. thanks for waiting while we talked about all of this that is happening in washington. >> a lot going on, indeed. >> the real story. of course that is going to face every american is whether our taxes go up, whether huge spending cuts take place and whether this will precipitate potentially another recessio
a story in "the washington post" that paula broadwell just from the get-go, enters the masters program -- enters the ph.d. program, leaves with a masters. questions about resume enhan enhanceme enhancement, her academic work not being up to par. >> it's a terrific story by my colleagues. read it on washingtonpost.com they would want me to say. it raises questions about her determination and and her ability to really work the system. >> ruth and thanks to kelly o'donnell...
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i think you can't go too far. >> paula broadwell is a gifted athlete who ran track at west point and graduated at the top of her class in physical fitness. on one of her profile pages she lists triathlon, kick boxes, and weightlifting. she's the co-author of a by og ra fi of david montrepetraeus. earlier this year cnn's brooke baldwin asked her how she was able to get so close to the general. >> this project started as my dissertation about three years ago. i was working with general petraeus doing interviews e-mail and occasionally running with him and interviewing. when he was selected to replace general mcchrystal in the summer of 2010 i decided the time was right to turn it into a book. so i got a visa and went to afghanistan. i actually went on a few trips and embedded both with the troopers in the field but also at headquarters and at some point i think he realized i was taking this very seriously. i was sharing hardship with the troops and risk and decided to open up a little bit more access. but we had a relationship before i went there as far as this dissertation was concern
i think you can't go too far. >> paula broadwell is a gifted athlete who ran track at west point and graduated at the top of her class in physical fitness. on one of her profile pages she lists triathlon, kick boxes, and weightlifting. she's the co-author of a by og ra fi of david montrepetraeus. earlier this year cnn's brooke baldwin asked her how she was able to get so close to the general. >> this project started as my dissertation about three years ago. i was working with...
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eventually discovered the name paula broadwell. agents also noted that pattern matched her book promotion travel. armed with legal authority, the fbi got access to her e-mail account and found she sent them, but also found were suggestive e-mails from general david petraeus. first someone wondered if someone had hacked into their account. later both admitted to their affairs. low-level classified documents were found on her computer, but agents determined she had proper access to them. after reviewing all the evidence, prosecutors determined no crimes were committed, no leaking of classified information, no threat to national security. some members of congress say they or at least president obama should have been told about the investigation while it was going on. >> once the fbi realized it was investigating a director of the cia or the cia director had come within its focus or scope, i believe at that time they had an absolute obligation to tell the president. not to protect david petraeus, but to protect the president. >> justic
eventually discovered the name paula broadwell. agents also noted that pattern matched her book promotion travel. armed with legal authority, the fbi got access to her e-mail account and found she sent them, but also found were suggestive e-mails from general david petraeus. first someone wondered if someone had hacked into their account. later both admitted to their affairs. low-level classified documents were found on her computer, but agents determined she had proper access to them. after...
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the e-mail was traced back to the computer of paula broadwell. but what agents found instead of a compromised account, were salacious e-mails between petraeus and broadwell. >> there had been rumors of an affair between him and broadwell for some time. >> he has written a book about petraeus that will be released next year. >> but, frankly, i didn't believe them and neither did just about anybody else i knew. he just didn't seem the type. >> reporter: martha raddatz reports that some of his afghanistan staff worried about how it looked with broadwell spending so much time with him. the investigation has been under way for a couple of months. an official tells abc news that it was just tuesday evening that the head of national intelligence was told. james talked to petraeus several times that night and wednesday. advising the cia director to resign. thursday at the white house, petraeus offered his resignation to the president, who waited 24 hours to accept. so shocking, because petraeus himself had been critical of officers guilty of infidelity.
the e-mail was traced back to the computer of paula broadwell. but what agents found instead of a compromised account, were salacious e-mails between petraeus and broadwell. >> there had been rumors of an affair between him and broadwell for some time. >> he has written a book about petraeus that will be released next year. >> but, frankly, i didn't believe them and neither did just about anybody else i knew. he just didn't seem the type. >> reporter: martha raddatz...
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sources say the affair was with his biographer paula broadwell. >>> immigration reform appears to be in the works. charles schumer and lindsey graham say their plan involves a tough love path to citizenship. that plan went nowhere when they teamed up. there may be fresh motivation after election losses. >>> the death toll from sandy climbed to at least 113 with two more deaths reported in new york. two weeks after it crashed through residents in new york and new jersey are still cle clearing debris from their homes. the path rail system into manhattan will resume 5:00 a.m. >>> serious divergent rebel groups are formally united after the pressure from u.s. and arab nations. opposition leaders met in qatar and agreed to call their new group the national collisialiti forces of the syrian revolution. it's considered a final step no order to oust bashar. his group is fighting terrorists bent on destabilizing syria. >>> israel fired warning shots telling syria keep that civil war inside your own country. a spokesman said a shell hit a post today and they are deeply concerned about the pote
sources say the affair was with his biographer paula broadwell. >>> immigration reform appears to be in the works. charles schumer and lindsey graham say their plan involves a tough love path to citizenship. that plan went nowhere when they teamed up. there may be fresh motivation after election losses. >>> the death toll from sandy climbed to at least 113 with two more deaths reported in new york. two weeks after it crashed through residents in new york and new jersey are...
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>> well, i think richard mentioned the fbi investigation of paula broadwell. paula broadwell is general petraeus' biographer, and somebody who has been close to him. in literary circles. to speak a moment about the cia, general petraeus when he came to the cia about 15 months ago appointed as his deputy the then acting director michael morale who is a career agency analyst, michael morel has now stepped in as acting director again. i think that is, from the standpoint of the cia and the establishment of the u.s. intelligence office the most positive thing you could say. >> thank you, david, and richard, that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. since my first twenty-ninth birthday. [ female announcer ] head & shoulders. live flake free. campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do.
>> well, i think richard mentioned the fbi investigation of paula broadwell. paula broadwell is general petraeus' biographer, and somebody who has been close to him. in literary circles. to speak a moment about the cia, general petraeus when he came to the cia about 15 months ago appointed as his deputy the then acting director michael morale who is a career agency analyst, michael morel has now stepped in as acting director again. i think that is, from the standpoint of the cia and the...
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>> well, i think richard mentioned the fbi investigation of paula broadwell. paula broadwell is general petraeus' biographer, and somebody who has been close to him. in literary circles. to speak a moment about the cia, general petraeus when he came to the cia about 15 months ago appointed as his deputy the then acting director michael morrell who is a career agency analyst, michael morrell has now stepped in as acting director again. i think that is, from the standpoint of the cia and the establishment of the u.s. intelligence office the most positive thing you could say. >> thank you, david corn and thank you, dee dee myers. >>> coming up, buy romney lost i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it
>> well, i think richard mentioned the fbi investigation of paula broadwell. paula broadwell is general petraeus' biographer, and somebody who has been close to him. in literary circles. to speak a moment about the cia, general petraeus when he came to the cia about 15 months ago appointed as his deputy the then acting director michael morrell who is a career agency analyst, michael morrell has now stepped in as acting director again. i think that is, from the standpoint of the cia and...
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paula broadwell is not the type. she isn't. >> reporter: some of her colleagues who insist she is someone to be admired also say she has reversed the cause of young women in the military who fought hard to be taken seriously. >> most of my time was spent with general petraeus on his battlefield circulation. >> reporter: those who know her say she was on facebook all the time. on friday morning her 40th birthday she posted a message about mortality and exercise. friends say a likely clue she had no idea hours later her entire profile would be wiped. it's not clear when they her husband, scott broadwell, a radiologist and surfer learned about the affair, but this was etched on the driveway outside their home. broadwell was supposed to celebrate her 40th birthday at a dinner in washington. her husband called and canceled the event late friday. dan? >> reena, thank you. how does this scandal likely to play for a newly re-elected president who just has weeks now to steer the country away from the so-called fiscal cliff? g
paula broadwell is not the type. she isn't. >> reporter: some of her colleagues who insist she is someone to be admired also say she has reversed the cause of young women in the military who fought hard to be taken seriously. >> most of my time was spent with general petraeus on his battlefield circulation. >> reporter: those who know her say she was on facebook all the time. on friday morning her 40th birthday she posted a message about mortality and exercise. friends say a...
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fbi agents are currently at the home of paula broadwell. wcnc-tv in charlotte are reporting that agents arrived at broadwell's home at 9:00 p.m. and took boxes and suitcases and photos from the foam. a spokeswoman confirms the report and says it's a consensual search and not a raid or "a game changer." the fbi official says it is one of the final steps to closing out their investigation of broadwell. also tonight, "the wall street journal" reports new details how the federal bureau of investigation handled the case suggests even as the bureau delve into mr. petraeus' personal life, the agency had to address questionable conduct by one of its own, including allegedly sending shirtless photos of himself to a woman involved in the case. that woman is jill kelly, a family friend of petraeus, who first brought to the fbi's attention troubling e-mails she was receiving from an anonymous e-mail account operated by paula broadwell. we heard from the ghost writer of broadwell's biography of petraeus. he says my wife says i'm the most clueless person
fbi agents are currently at the home of paula broadwell. wcnc-tv in charlotte are reporting that agents arrived at broadwell's home at 9:00 p.m. and took boxes and suitcases and photos from the foam. a spokeswoman confirms the report and says it's a consensual search and not a raid or "a game changer." the fbi official says it is one of the final steps to closing out their investigation of broadwell. also tonight, "the wall street journal" reports new details how the federal...
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roger simon has some tough talk for general petraeus and paula broadwell. it's titled "david petraeus is dumb, she's dumber." petraeus should have resigned because if he were anymore dim witted, you would have had to water him. even reading it makes me afraid because i can't quite it as you could because these are your words, but the bottom line is when you're tough with general petraeus, not because of the affair, which seems to be a part of our culture both in the big city, but it was something deep r for you. >> all we have been told month after month is how brilliant this guy is. four star general, west point grad, prince upon ph.d. he becomes america's spy master. the head of the cia and he conduct this is affair through a public gmail account because he thinks that's secret and untraceable. and his pair mother of broadwell, she sends threatening messages to another woman also through her gmail account that she shares with her husband. as i said, these people are about as smart as a bag of hammers, yet we're told how brilliant they are. they may not be
roger simon has some tough talk for general petraeus and paula broadwell. it's titled "david petraeus is dumb, she's dumber." petraeus should have resigned because if he were anymore dim witted, you would have had to water him. even reading it makes me afraid because i can't quite it as you could because these are your words, but the bottom line is when you're tough with general petraeus, not because of the affair, which seems to be a part of our culture both in the big city, but it...
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what about paula broadwell's role? late monday night with her consent federal agents served broadwell's home for hours, carting out boxes and bags as they are wrapping up their investigation. >> defense secretary leon panetta on route to australia was the first top administration official to comment on the petraeus departure. >> i think he took the right step, and i think it's important when you're director of the cia with all the challenges that face you, and have -- that personal integrity comes first and foremost. >> panetta a former cia director and the washington shuffle with panetta and clinton saying they want out of the second term. will john kerry now go to the pentagon? can susan rice be confirmed as secretary of state? and will nancy pelosi run for leader again? and what a welcome to washington the new class of congress arriving just in time for a classic d.c. scandal. and a different fall from grace, jon stewart, crowns himself the worst journalist in the world. >> anyone out there who thought i may have ac
what about paula broadwell's role? late monday night with her consent federal agents served broadwell's home for hours, carting out boxes and bags as they are wrapping up their investigation. >> defense secretary leon panetta on route to australia was the first top administration official to comment on the petraeus departure. >> i think he took the right step, and i think it's important when you're director of the cia with all the challenges that face you, and have -- that personal...
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according to officials both general petraeus and paula broadwell were interviewed the week of october 29 and they both confirmed the affair. this is the second time broadwell had been interviewed, officials say, and the financial conversation allowed the fbi to conclude there was no basis for criminal charges. the officials tell nbc once that was established james clapper was told about the probe the following tuesday which led to petraeus' regulars by week's end. andrea mitchell broke this story last week. she joins me along with justice correspondent pete williams. all right. there's a lot of time line. pete, i'm going to start with you because there seems to be a lot of concern among some folks on capitol hill. why did the fbi wait until election day, coincidentally or not coincidentally, to tell director clapper of what appeared to have been a closed investigation? >> another question might be, why did they tell director clapper at all? >> exactly. >> remember that what the fbi investigates is potential crimes. and two things about -- here is what people at the fbi and justice dep
according to officials both general petraeus and paula broadwell were interviewed the week of october 29 and they both confirmed the affair. this is the second time broadwell had been interviewed, officials say, and the financial conversation allowed the fbi to conclude there was no basis for criminal charges. the officials tell nbc once that was established james clapper was told about the probe the following tuesday which led to petraeus' regulars by week's end. andrea mitchell broke this...
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why would paula broadwell send threatening e-mails to jill kelley? did broadwell have access to confidential information? while there are legitimate questions that need to be answered, some on the right are back to their old tricks trying to turn this into something it's not. >> this is an administration that is practicing now serial deception. this is a very convenient way to get the administration out of a very, very difficult situation. but this is inevitable. it's like water gate. >> it's been going on for several months and now they're appearing that the fbi didn't realize until election day that general petraeus was involved. just doesn't add up. >> i would suggest that we have a joint swleelect committee of house and senate members, not do this together, not have three different committees going off in three different directions so we can get to the about the bot like we did in water gate and iran contra. >> let's just focus on getting the facts. joining me now is michael isikoff, national investigative correspondent for nbc news. he's been br
why would paula broadwell send threatening e-mails to jill kelley? did broadwell have access to confidential information? while there are legitimate questions that need to be answered, some on the right are back to their old tricks trying to turn this into something it's not. >> this is an administration that is practicing now serial deception. this is a very convenient way to get the administration out of a very, very difficult situation. but this is inevitable. it's like water gate....
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the e-mail was traced back to the computer of paula broadwell. but what agents found instead of a account were salacious e-mails between petraeus and broadwell. >> there had been rumors between him and broadwell for some time. but, frankly, i didn't believe them and neither did just about anybody else i knew. he just didn't seem the type. >> reporter: martha raddatz reports that some of his afghanistan staff worried about how it looked with broadwell spending so much time with him. an official tells abc news that it was just tuesday evening that the head of national intelligence was told. thursday at the white house, petraeus offered his resignation to the president, who waited 24 hours to accept. so shocking because petraeus himself had been critical of officers guilty of infidelity. >> he spoke of them in this tone of contempt that they had exchangesed in this type of behavior. >> this morning, he has no plans to start the investigation. >> david, so many people are questioning the timing of this, coming just days after the election, if the fbi
the e-mail was traced back to the computer of paula broadwell. but what agents found instead of a account were salacious e-mails between petraeus and broadwell. >> there had been rumors between him and broadwell for some time. but, frankly, i didn't believe them and neither did just about anybody else i knew. he just didn't seem the type. >> reporter: martha raddatz reports that some of his afghanistan staff worried about how it looked with broadwell spending so much time with him....
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the author, paula broadwell, spent lot of time in afganistan. it's not clear whether the affair started there. but, if so, general petraeus may face consequences from the military, we're told. they can bring him out of retirement to demote him since affairs are against the uniform code of military justice. harris? >> harris: wow, a decorated general and that could be a possibility. all of this though, jennifer, just to press the story forward overshadowing a time line the pentagon finally released about what happened on september 11th of this year in benghazi, libya. >> that's right. for nearly nine weeks, harris. we at the pentagon have been asking the pentagon for a time line for what happened that night in benghazi at the consulate and at the cia annex. the pentagon finally came out with their time line events from september 11th and 12th and the military time line shows it took nearly a day for a special ops team in europe that is known as a commander's force to arrive at a staging base in sicily even though it deployed from croatia just a f
the author, paula broadwell, spent lot of time in afganistan. it's not clear whether the affair started there. but, if so, general petraeus may face consequences from the military, we're told. they can bring him out of retirement to demote him since affairs are against the uniform code of military justice. harris? >> harris: wow, a decorated general and that could be a possibility. all of this though, jennifer, just to press the story forward overshadowing a time line the pentagon finally...
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you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt that it was time for him to step down and resign. if you know david petraeus and it was discussed earlier in the program, part of his internal makeup would be that he would not be able to lead an organization after this kind of an event, so he tendered his resignation which was accepted the day after he gave it. >> i think there are some people, though, who are supporters of david petraeus who would say, why not stick it out? a lot of people have respect for him, democrats and republicans, like the job he was doing. plenty of people in the world have affairs, why ste
you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt...
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reports say the other woman was his biographer, paula broadwell. so far she hasn't responded to messages asking for comment and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed regret about petraeus's resignation and, but some are questioning the timing of it, right after the election. petraeus was supposed to speak to lawmakers next week about the deadly assaults on the u.s. consulate in libya, instead lawmakers we will ear hear from acting cia director mike morelle. my next guest argues na petraeus is still a quote, absolutely necessary witness. a republican and chairman of the house homeland security committee, congressman welcome. >> thank you, jamie, thank you very much. >> jamie: you've said also, without general petraeus doing what he's doing either at the cia or someplace else, the nation is not as safe. will he testify in some capacity? >> jamie, i think he has to. now, i'm a member of that committee and mike rogers is the chairman of the intelligence committee, but i strongly believe that general petraeus has to testify, if not this we
reports say the other woman was his biographer, paula broadwell. so far she hasn't responded to messages asking for comment and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed regret about petraeus's resignation and, but some are questioning the timing of it, right after the election. petraeus was supposed to speak to lawmakers next week about the deadly assaults on the u.s. consulate in libya, instead lawmakers we will ear hear from acting cia director mike morelle. my next guest argues na...
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paula broadwell is of course the author of general petraeus's biography which she entitled "all in." let's take a look at paula broadwell discussing her book and how she got access to the general on "the daily show". >> you're a runner and to get to know him, he wanted to run with you. so you ran together. >> this is a typical mechanism he uses to get to know young people. he's done it throughout his life. so it was an opportunity for me to interview him on a run and i think it was -- i thought i would test him but he was going to test me and it ended up being a test for both of us since we both ran pretty quickly. but that was the foundation of our relationship. >> gene robinson, obviously there's going to be an intense focus on paula broadwell. she's under investigation for trying to access general petraeus's e-mail. >> combrae. and so, look. what we have here are some dots that we cannot and will not try to connect at this point we really don't know the details of what went on or didn't go on. what we can assume, i think, is that because petraeus resigned, there is some reason for
paula broadwell is of course the author of general petraeus's biography which she entitled "all in." let's take a look at paula broadwell discussing her book and how she got access to the general on "the daily show". >> you're a runner and to get to know him, he wanted to run with you. so you ran together. >> this is a typical mechanism he uses to get to know young people. he's done it throughout his life. so it was an opportunity for me to interview him on a run...
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paula broadwell you said you met her. tell me more about her and where she stands and when do you think, is there anything about her story or general petraeus' story that you have questions about? >> well, there are so many questions, so many things that we still don't know about this. paula broadwell was an attractive very fit person of quite striking physical presence. she and general petraeus famously liked to run together. she was a woman who in her 30's when she was having two children also managed to compete in triathalons. that's a person of real determination and discipline. she was strong-willed. what surprised people around general petraeus was she was a smart person but she was not intellectually gifted. general petraeus could have had any biographer in the world practically try to write his story with a kind of access that paula broadwell had. it was mystifying that he had given that access to this person whose principle intellectual achievement had been a masters from the harvard kennedy school. not to slight
paula broadwell you said you met her. tell me more about her and where she stands and when do you think, is there anything about her story or general petraeus' story that you have questions about? >> well, there are so many questions, so many things that we still don't know about this. paula broadwell was an attractive very fit person of quite striking physical presence. she and general petraeus famously liked to run together. she was a woman who in her 30's when she was having two...
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but paula broadwell was a more workman like person. so it was a little bit of a surprise. that anybody in the world of biography would wanted to write that book and how did she become to be the writer? people wondered that. people scratched their heads. she was also quite demanding. i remember that about her visits to kabul. the staff knew that they were really going to have to work hard. but that, i think, was, in her time, would only say she was a biographer, doesn't appears to have been any additional involvement there. >> i want to play a little more of benghazi. senator feinstein just told me of some of her concerns. let's watch. >> i believe that director petraeus made a trip of region, shortly before this became public. i believe that there is a trip report. we have asked to see the trip report. one person tells me he has read it. and then we tried to get it. and they tell me it hasn't been done. that's unacceptable. we are entitled to this trip report. and if we have to go to the floor of the senate on a subpoena, we will do just that. >> she wants to know what he
but paula broadwell was a more workman like person. so it was a little bit of a surprise. that anybody in the world of biography would wanted to write that book and how did she become to be the writer? people wondered that. people scratched their heads. she was also quite demanding. i remember that about her visits to kabul. the staff knew that they were really going to have to work hard. but that, i think, was, in her time, would only say she was a biographer, doesn't appears to have been any...
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and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may have sent along classified documents. so there somebody responsible has to say, nothing to see here. it's internal investigation. you know, tpetraeus may be actig up but this is no longer a crime. they said it wasn't a crime and then at that point they break through that wall. and then they spread it out beyond the walls of the fbi. >> but is there not -- it seems like the first instance here is like the original sin. the first decision -- >> the original sin is the biggest sin. >> because once they get to -- at least, again, not being an expert but reading the news acco
and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may...
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and this is not a gentleman you count out. >> what about paula broadwell? would you suggest she make a statement? she's written a book about him. does she write a book about their relationship? >> again, she has to take care of her family. they have kids. >> two young kids. >> two young kids. and even saturday night was supposed to be her 40th birthday party, which her husband canceled. she's going to come out of this probably fine in this situation, if she can hold it together with her family. expect now that this book is going to be extraordinarily well and has a resurgence, i think she will do another book. i wouldn't like to see a book about the scandal. i don't think that's what people want to know. >> let me go back to general petraeus. i think it has been interesting that obviously people feel terrible that this happened. but he's so widely respected and he has so many obvious skills that are recognized by people on both sides of the aisle. in a situation like this and given his reputation and the respect in which he's held, will it be very long, do
and this is not a gentleman you count out. >> what about paula broadwell? would you suggest she make a statement? she's written a book about him. does she write a book about their relationship? >> again, she has to take care of her family. they have kids. >> two young kids. >> two young kids. and even saturday night was supposed to be her 40th birthday party, which her husband canceled. she's going to come out of this probably fine in this situation, if she can hold it...
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just who is paula broadwell. that goes to the heart of the question, what she knew and how it matters. and how did she get so close to the director of the cia? plus, an "outfront" investigation into the red cross response to sandy. are the millions of dollars donated to the charity, the ones every time you see online, you sydow nature to the red cross? are they getting to victims of the storm? and how will the president and congress avoid the fiscal cliff? erskine bowles comes...